Going to WDW 11/17 - 11/21, Need Some Pin Trading Info....What to Buy, What to Trade?

We go to WDW ever other year, each time we go my daughter loves to trade pins. She has about 1000 pins in her collection including complete sets of Cast Lanyard\Hidden Mickey pins through 2011. She has yet to collect any of the 2012 pins. A few questions for anyone that can help:

• For those that have been to the parks recently are there lots of 2012 HM pins on CM lanyards?

• Like myself my daughter is a type A person so part of the enjoyment she gets from collecting pins is bringing a list and searching for the pins from that list. As I said she collects HM pins, she is also collecting Vinylmations so she will have that list. Are there any other sets that are floating around the park (WDW) this month that she might like to collect...mystery pins sets, starter sets, any thing else?
• Are there many vinylmations on the CM lanyards?

• Any pin events or pin releases while we are at WDW?

Thanks in advance....we are looking forward to the trip.

So, CM lanyards are riddled with HM scrappers. She will have NO problems finding HM pins...they just might not be the "real deal." There is a cool starter set that is super easy to collect because they are everywhere...they are big squares of popular Disney characters. All 4 of us in our family (me, hubby and my 2 kids) have that complete set and we were able to trade for them on our first night one time when we were there.

You are missing the BATB release by ONE day! Otherwise...have a great time!

Unfortunately, a lot of the WDW Hidden Mickey 2012 pins have been scrappered - even Wave 2. You will be able to find vinylmation pins too on the lanyards, but again, lots of scrappers What you might want to do first is visit a pin store so you can see what pins have come out, etc.

And, if you can change your plans, stay an extra day for the BatB PODM release - you can get lots of pins for that, I'm sure!

Thanks for the replies, glad to hear there are lots of HM and Vinyl pins....she just enjoys collecting so I don't confuse her with the scrapper issue.

Seems like there are lots of mystery sets being released in the last few years....any of those common on the lanyards?